Short-tailed Parrot
Graydidascalus brachyurus(Temminck, CJ; Kuhl, H, 1820)
English (US) Short-tailed Parrot
The Short-tailed Parrot (Graydidascalus brachyurus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots) in the order Psittaciformes.
Range: southeastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and Brazil north of the AmazonRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Graydidascalus brachyurus
- Order
- Psittaciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Short-tailed Parrot
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ; Kuhl, H, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Psittacus brachyurus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ; Kuhl, H, 1820)
- Type locality
- Cayenne, error = upper Amazonia.
- Original description
- Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum 10 p.72
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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